Where I've been...

In the freezing tranquility of North Western New Mexico.
Visiting family on the farm, being allergic to the sheep,
making a quilt for my freezing NYC apartment out of fabric
I forgot I had here. Eating a ton of green chile (not chilie,
mind you. this is New Mexico) and a bit of the red as well.
Meeting up with all of my super healthy New Mexican friends.
It's been decided that Albuquerque is where I'd be healthiest
with all the organic local eating and super easy access to
outdoor recreation and low gym rates. New Orleans feeds my soul
and New York feeds my bank account (sometimes.)

A good friend of mine were talking the other day about what informs
our ideas of romantic love in terms of movies we saw between the
ages of 7 -10 years old. His was Stand By Me, which I have to say
is pretty darn endearing. For a while I could only remember watching
David Lynch's Blue Velvet before I remembered all the old Hollywood
movies like Roman Holiday and The Seven Year Itch as well as Disney's
Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Talk about a close call, never mind a
close call that explains a few things. Although Sleeping Beauty explains
why I constantly wait demurely to be approached by potential prince charmings.

Anyway, the pictures....

Near the family farm in Coolidge, New Mexico.




the sheep I've been allergic to since I can Remember.

The Bosque de Albuquerque along the Rio Grande.


Finally cured the craving for a Green Chile Cheeseburger.
A few times over.




Quilting like a bee.





Now awaiting Santa. Probably in NYC. Hopefully with a few other friends
who can't make it home for Christmas.

crush

A New Direction

A little inspiration from Sylvia Ji & Erin Kelsey
has possibly given birth to an odd little series.

Featured Artist: Empire of the Sun

I was going to make another full post with pictures,
however my android decided to delete all of my photos
from the past two weeks. Anyway. Here I am in New Mexico
where I had a fantastic Thanksgiving stuffing myself
with green chilies and other Navajo comfort foods.
Saw the family out on the farm all weekend, and now back
in Albuquerque doing the coffee-lunch-dinner-drinks circuit
with friends here. Visiting can be exhausting.

Where I've been...

After opening Wallenberg in White Plains, NY,
I returned to NYC to have a very brief Halloween
and quickly shop (4 days) for a tiny musical called
Only A Kingdom. After that I flew down to New Orleans
for a mini break (aka, a bender), then drove with my
housemate from NOLA to Pittsburgh to clean up her late
mothers property. This was difficult as it turns out
Mum was a hoarder. With cats. There was a cat room.
I repeat. Cat Room. Enough said.
We then drove back to NYC, where the next day we
returned to White Plains to close Wallenburg.
And here I sit at the end of it, snug in bed in Astoria.
Tired with a few extra pounds, wary of having too much
stuff and warier of having to scrape animal poo off
of a hardwood floor.

Quelues Photos:

Brooke Sheilds in the Lobby of a cinema on 50th & 3rd Avenue, NYC



Cosmonaut Luau at the Saturn Bar, New Orleans








Plants on the Balcony, Satsumas from the yard, Wine from Lunch. New Orleans





My and my particle mask, Pittsburgh



Rural Pennsylvania en route from Pittsburgh to NYC

Featured Artist: Jacques Offenbach

Orphee aux Enfers